The size and location of partition copy can be provided with a mouse or
by entering data into the
Unallocated space before
,
Partition size
(and
Unallocated space after
) fields.
6. By
clicking
OK
in the
Copy Partition
wizard
, you add the pending op-
eration of partition copying and location (your actions may only undo
or modify already existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending op-
erations»).
The new partition structure will be graphically represented in Acronis
PartitionExpert main window.
Copying a partition in Windows 95/98/Me and assigning it a letter can change the
order of letters, assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop
working. The detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various op-
erating systems are described in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition».
4.1.3
Moving a partition to unallocated disk space
You might need to move a partition to:
•
Change order of letters assigned by operating system;
For example, Windows 95/98/Me unlike Windows NT/2000/XP does not let
users assign random letters to partitions. So you must move a partition to as-
sign it the necessary letter.
•
Work with some older OS (MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0),
that can boot only from binary partitions located in the beginning of the
disk;
•
Speed up partition operations;
For example, you might have a special partition for a swap file. If you move this
partition closer to the beginning of a disk OS might work much faster with it.
•
Change partition configuration.
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